{"product_id":"9781586481520","title":"Caesar's Hours: My Life in Comedy, with Love and Laughter","description":"Without Sid Caesar, our times would have been a lot less funny. He was the star and guiding force behind Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, two of the most innovative programs in the Golden Age of Television, and the writers and stars of those shows -- including Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Imogene Coca, Nanette Fabray, Larry Gelbart, Howard Morris, Carl Reiner, and Neil Simon -- went on to create the plays, movies, and sitcoms that we now think of as classic American comedy. Caesar's Hours is his artistic autobiography, an account of how these great routines were fashioned and performed, what he learned from his own life, and just what is funny. He takes us inside the famed Writers' Room, onto the stage, and into his life, to show us how some of the funniest moments in television history came to be. In this book, he remembers -- and shares -- the euphoria, the challenges, and the thrills of these early, great years.\u003cp\u003e From the time Sid Caesar went on the air as the star of Your Show of Shows in February of 1950 to the time the last curtain was drawn on Caesar's Hour in 1957, audiences were treated to some of the greatest television comedy that ever graced the screen. But these shows, and the classic sketches from them, have rarely been seen on television for nearly fifty years. This is because Caesar refused to allow the programs and the sketches to be diced up and abbreviated to make room for ever-more commercial breaks. Now, digitally restored versions of some of the most loved sketches are available in their entirety on video and DVD through Creative Light Entertainment at stores or Sid's own website, www.sidcaesar.com. Those who remember the sketches -- and those who are seeing them for the first time -- will be amazed and delighted by the sheer genius of Sid Caesar and company.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031065510128,"sku":"9781586481520","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781586481520_p0.jpg?v=1763807380","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781586481520","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}